I think TNT is better because their main emphasis is basketball, which allows them to focus more attention on the production. ESPN tries to spread itself thin over multiple different sports and dedicates only a small portion of their programming to basketball so they'll never go out of their way to make it a spectacle. Not to mention the TNT cast of characters is far more likable than the ESPN halftime/pregame commentators. It's almost as if they went out and cherry picked four of the most unlikable guys in all of sports coverage and slapped them together. The only way it could get any worse is if they let Rick Fox and Bill Walton become permanent fixtures on the set.

Agreed about TNT. The production value of TNT's broadcast just blows away anything that ESPN/ABC has to offer.

Visually, the game just shows better, colors appear richer, and the audio is great. They do need to ditch experimenting with camera angles, just stick to basics. And course, Kenny/Chuck/Ernie in the booth and Craig S. working the sidelines pretty much kicks the a$$ of the other stations.

All of that being said, it still falls short of the NBA on NBC, which was the G.O.A.T. production.

The only thing that could make TNT's coverage somehow better would be hiring Gary Payton as a sideline reporter. How hilarious would it be to have The Glove broing down with players and interviewing people coming off the court at halftime/after games?